ID on a few problems.

[Gimplar]

Anyone know what causes this type of green algae and an easy way to get rid of it?

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And here's an SPS (the one in the back), not sure what type it is, but my friend gave it to me for free. but the bottom is starting to turn white and i i hope its recoverable and i wanted to know if it will polute my tank or anything or if it will recover. i dunno if i should break off the healthy pieces and start frags.

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I bought a green bubble the other day. and it looked fine at the LFS but it's been 2 days now and it hasnt fully extended. It's in the middle of my tank with not too much flow. im running 4 VHO's 110 watt, 2 actinic 2 10k's and 2 MH 10k's either 175 or 250 watt (not sure)

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And one other thing, there's this anenome that came in with my calurpa that i bought a while ago and it's just been staying in the same spot and not bothering much, i wanted to know if it was an aiptasia or if it was something safe?

Thanks for your time, but im sure you guys (and gals) love IDing things anyways!

 

[DaddyJax]

The green algae is usually on a new tank rock or really old lights or your tank is getting sunlight.

Keep an eye on the sps coral. It may be stressed out and will stop receding or it may continue and then you need to frag.

Bubble also looks stressed out. I dont know much about these euphyllia corals, sorry.

This is a type of rock anemone. Mine usually only come out at night but has never moved or multiplied or hurt anything. I haven't seen it since I put some peppermint shrimp in my tank.

 

[oldsaint]

The anenome looks like a majano or aiptasia to me. I'd say blast the sucker with Joe's juice before it spreads.

As far as the other pics and ????s. What are your water parameters. Amm, pH, trite, trate, Phos, Alk, Ca

 

[robthorn]

looks like dirty tank syndrom to me. water changes with clean ro/di and a quality salt mix. decent skimming and not overfeeding. do you use particulate filtration? if you do changing it a little faster or cleaning more often may help. are your nitrates high or even detectable? you want to do everything you can to make sure they are not detectable.

 

[CaptiveReefer03]

here is a though for you on the buble , if the halide is too much move it into a shaded spot I have found that the bubbles dont care for alot of intense light ... cause I had the same problem with one of mine and its doing better now that its shaded a bit...

 

[Gimplar]

Hrrm, okay, alright well the VHO's may be pretty old, my water is fine and i use filter socks, protein skimmer, and wetdry. Last time i checked my water parameters they were fine. but ill check again. i only use RO so i know its not Phosphates. i got the water from finz, so im sure its good.

 

[HotReeferSRT4]

Hey Gimplar, nice piece of SPS. I bet that bubble comes out very soon. I noticed that anemone, it looks like aiptasia man. Give it the old syringe with the juice.

 

[Gimplar]

Id unno, do aiptasia's come in different colors though? cause it's a brick red and i havnt seen anything spawn off of it, and its a month or two old. I've seen larger aiptasia and i really dont think that it is.

 

[reefnetworth]

i agree with robthorn. need H20 change and more care. also, parms. are a major factor. you need an established tank for SPS. REEF-ON!!!

 

[Gimplar]

LoL you guys are making me sound like i'm a bad care taker lol, Parms are fine, it's a cycled tank if thats what you mean by established. i have other SPS's which are doing great. That SPS was given to me in that condition, but i will do the H20 change tomorrow.

 

[poknsnok]

help an ignorant brother out. what is Joes juice, How can you make your own, and where can it be gotten??

 

[robthorn]

gimp I have no clue to your maintenance and truely don't mean to imply your slacking. but they things you are growing are normally silicone nitrate or phosphate related. maybe even nitrite but being established I doubt nitrite is a problem. then again these algeas grow in the ocean and the only reason they don't take over a reef is because they have natural predators. you will probably never stop algea from growing. maintenance would be something that eats it or you eating it with a brush or something. i would check nitrates and phosphates of your freshwater and mixed water. could be a bad batch of salt or something a specific ro membrane may not remove and if you use di can still get past it. nobodies water is perfect and everyone's is different.

 

[Gimplar]

Ok, ill test my RO water, but i do have a phosphate sponge in there, it's so wierd cause it's only growing on the new rock and not the old. But ill definetly do a water change.

 

[robthorn]

ooooohhhhhh new rock? I did not catch that part. if it's only on new rock it is more than likely something dead that used to be alive on the rock. once that is gone it will more than likely go away. something to eat it is about all I know to do other than manual removal.

 

[poknsnok]

some rock leech phosphates too... especially rocks used for mariculture. often times they are man made or harvested on land

 

[BankerJohn]

if you have introduced a new rock, you are probably experinceing a nutrient load on the surface of the rock which is causing the algae bloom. I'd add a few turbo snails to the tank and they should handle the green algae issue. I would suspect the anenome is aptasia and would treat as such; the thing could appear dormant and then all at once explode into a real nuisance.

You may want to consider the age of the VHO bulbs and begin a change out over a 4 month period (1 bulb per month) and place them on a rotational cycle every 6-9 months to keep the spectrum more consistent and stable

 

[Gimplar]

ok, i think it may be the VHO's and maybe the new rock as well...man if only nick didnt take away my points i could of gotten them from petmart

 

[robthorn]

john is the cheapest I know of at ichthy on uri but I don't like the color. finz has coralife if you like them better.
the anemone isn't aptasia. if that is red like the pic shows I have seen them for sale before and were quit pricey if I remember correctly. I don't think I would worry about it unless it spread like crazy or started stinging things. red is a very pretty color thats not so easy to get for an aquarium. who knows it may get really nice looking .

 

[Gimplar]

Yeah, it is red like the picture, if not maybe even a little more red. That's why i didnt think it was an aiptasia. Its definetly an anenome, cause it moves around. I'll have to load up my underwater camera and take some better pics.

 

[robthorn]

wow underwater camera huh? that sounds awesome. I still want a nikon d70s really bad. would be afraid to take it underwater in a box though.